GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| acuity | keenness of perception |